SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, while speaking to reporters here, also termed the one year rule of the Congress government in the state as a "total failure". Amarinder Singh, along with his ministers, was sworn in on March 16 last year after the Congress stormed to power in the state polls.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, whose gamble of backing the Samajwadi Party for the bypolls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur in the state paid rich dividends, said the idea was to teach the party a lesson.

Sources tell Network18 that the TDP may pull out of the NDA tomorrow. Last week, TDP chief and Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu pulled his two ministers from the cabinet over the centre refusing to grant special category status to the state, reports CNN-News18's Marya Shakil.

The BJP's nominee for the Rajya Sabha polls in Maharashtra withdrew today, clearing the way for the other six candidates, including Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, to be elected to the Upper House unopposed.

Buoyed by the bypoll victory in Bihar, RJD MLAs today staged a demonstration outside the state assembly demanding resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the ruling coalition's defeat in the by-elections.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said Parliament should function to debate serious issue of alleged PNB bank fraud by Nirav Modi and others that have damaged the image of the country and led people to question the entire banking system.

The Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) alliance stumps the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP) bypolls to beat BJP in Yogi Adithyanath's Gorakhpur bastian after nearly 3 decades. They also win the Phulpur Lok Sabha seat while in Bihar, RJD retains the Araria Lok Sabha constituency. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Aditi Phadnis, Political Editor at Business Standard shared her views on the same.

"Shah is coming here on April 6, which is the Foundation Day of the BJP. He will address a rally in the BKC on the same day. He will hold meetings with party officials, leaders and workers," a BJP leader said.

The Confederation of Indian Industry on Wednesday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her "industry-driven development model", which led to "Rs 1,500 crore investment proposals" at the two-day Darjeeling Business Summit here.

The AAP's claim comes in the backdrop of the BJP-led civic body alleging political vendetta behind the AAP government not releasing funds to it, which it claims owes Rs 2,600 crore as its legal share in taxes.